Analysis of I think I was enchanted

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



I think I was enchanted
When first a sombre Girl—
I read that Foreign Lady—
The Dark—felt beautiful—

And whether it was noon at night—
Or only Heaven—at Noon—
For very Lunacy of Light
I had not power to tell—

The Bees—became as Butterflies—
The Butterflies—as Swans—
Approached—and spurned the narrow Grass—
And just the meanest Tunes

That Nature murmured to herself
To keep herself in Cheer—
I took for Giants—practising
Titanic Opera—

The Days—to Mighty Metres stept—
The Homeliest—adorned
As if unto a Jubilee
'Twere suddenly confirmed—

I could not have defined the change—
Conversion of the Mind
Like Sanctifying in the Soul—
Is witnessed—not explained—

'Twas a Divine Insanity—
The Danger to be Sane
Should I again experience—
'Tis Antidote to turn—

To Tomes of solid Witchcraft—
Magicians be asleep—
But Magic—hath an Element
Like Deity—to keep—


Scheme AXBX CXCX XXXX XXXX AXBX XXXX BXXX XDXD
Poetic Form
Metre 1111010 11011 1111010 011100 01011111 1101011 11010011 1111011 0101110 01011 01010101 010101 11010101 110101 111101 01010 01110101 0101 1110010 110001 11110101 010101 11001 110101 10010100 010111 11010100 11011 111101 010101 11011100 110011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 894
Words 141
Sentences 1
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 02, 2023

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